Infrastructure Engineer (Virtualisation)

Sopra Steria; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Health cash plan

Life assurance

Pension

Job summary

Sopra Steria’s Aerospace Defence and Security sector is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer with a specialism in Virtualisation for a client in the defence sector. The role is on-site in Farnborough and requires DV clearance eligibility.

This is a development opportunity to become a technical authority in virtualization technologies such as VMware. You will maintain the live virtualization platform, manage multi-tenant domains, and support patching and deployment of VMware Cloud Foundation

Qualifications

• Background in Infrastructure or IT Support with virtualization experience.
• Understanding of Server, Storage and Backup.
• Excellent stakeholder management and drive to learn.

Responsibilities

• Maintenance of live virtualization platform.
• Management of several domains in a multi-tenant cloud environment.
• Facilitating patching, configuration and deployment of VMware Cloud Foundation environments.
• Some light data centre management duties.

Skills

Virtualisation

VMware

Infrastructure

Data centre management

Storage & Backup

Stakeholder management

DV clearance eligibility

Tools

VMware Cloud Foundation

SDDC Manager

Aria Suite

Proxmox

Dell Avamar

Veeam Backup

Job description

Do you have a background in IT Support and a passion for continued learning? Sopra Steria’s Aerospace Defence and Security sector are on the lookout for an Infrastructure Engineer with a specialism in Virtualisation for a client working in the defence sector. This is very much a development opportunity offering the successful candidate to get involved and become a technical authority in virtualisation tech such as VMWare. If you have a background in Support, Infrastructure or Virtualisation and want a chance to work at the core of a highly successful team, please read on…

This role would be based on site in the office in Farnborough. Due to the nature of the projects we are only able to progress with candidates eligible for DV clearance.

What you’ll be doing:

• Maintenance of live virtualisation platform
• Management of several domains in a multi-tenancy cloud environment
• Facilitating the patching, configuration and deployment of predominantly VMWare Cloud Foundation environments
• Some light data centre management duties

What you’ll bring:

• Background in Infrastructure or Support with experience in or an enthusiasm around virtualisation
• Understanding of Server, Storage and Backup
• Experience working with: VMWare Cloud Foundation, SDDC Manager, Aria Suite, Proxmox virtual environments and Dell Avamar/Veeam Backup Solutions
• Good stakeholder management and engagement experience
• A passion for technology and a drive to continue to learn

It would be great if you had:

• Experience working in the defence sector

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent

Location: Farnborough

Security Clearance Level: DV

Salary: Competitive, based on experience

Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, and pension.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?

Sopra Steria’s Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client’s goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.